Installation

Pip

You should install the latest version of cx_Freeze using pip:

pip install --upgrade cx_Freeze

Note

The recommended way to use cx_Freeze is in a virtual environment. If you’re unfamiliar with Python virtual environments, check out the packaging user guide.

Important

Please note that some operating systems might be equipped with the python3 and pip3 commands instead of python and pip (but they should be equivalent).

Pipenv

Using pipenv, install or update by issuing one of the folowing command:

pipenv install cx_Freeze
pipenv update cx_Freeze

Conda-forge

Directly from the conda-forge channel:

conda install conda-forge::cx_freeze

See also

cx_freeze-feedstock.

Python requirements

Python requirements are installed automatically by pip, pipenv or conda.

setuptools >= 62.6
cx_Logging >= 3.1           (Windows only)
lief >= 0.12.0              (Windows only)
patchelf >= 0.14            (Linux)
C compiler                  (required only if installing from sources)

Note

If you have any trouble with patchelf, check How to install Patchelf.

Download the source code

You can download and extract the source code found on Github to do a manual installation. Check Development.

Issue tracking

Bug report and issue tracking on Github issues.